Thousands of Syrian refugees stranded at Turkey-Syria border
(Courtesy CCTV) -- Thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the latest offensive in Aleppo and surrounding towns are still stranded…
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Japan says it will consider ‘measures’ over North Korea rocket launch
JAPAN's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told journalists on Monday (February 8) that Japan is preparing to decide whether to…
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101 die in Nigeria from Lassa fever outbreak
A growing Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare-up of…
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Two survivors rescued from rubble of Taiwan quake
TAINAN, Taiwan (AFP) -- Two survivors were Monday rescued from the rubble of an apartment complex in Taiwan felled by an…
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Taiwan quake toll rises
(Reuters) -- People in Taiwan's southern city of Tainan awoke on the first day of the Lunar New Year…
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Five Czechs killed as huge Austrian avalanche buries 17
FIVE Czech skiers were killed in a huge avalanche that swept away their group of 17 in the Austrian skiing…
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Martelly leaves office with Haiti in crisis
by Amelie Baron Port-au-Prince, Haiti(AFP) -- Michel Martelly ended his presidential term Sunday without handing power to a successor,…
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Grave robbers plunder hundreds of tombs in Sierra Leone
(Freetown, Sierra Leone | AFP) -- New security measures were in place Sunday at cemeteries in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown…
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UN condemns N. Korea rocket launch, vows sanctions soon
by Carole LANDRY Agence France Press THE UN Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's rocket launch on Sunday and…
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More pulled out alive after Taiwan quake, about 120 people still trapped
Rescuers in Taiwan pulled more people alive from a collapsed apartment tower on Sunday, a day after a strong earthquake…
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